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For me, it starts with the simple idea that XTC was a band I had become aware of only by relation to a popular TV show (Gilmore Girls) that featured more than a few of their songs over the course of its seven seasons. During one episode in the first season, “Earn Enough for Us” plays over a scene. I never paid attention to it during prior watchings, or enough so to care who was performing it. I searched the lyrics and the rest is history.

XTC’s work here is arguably the best ... read more

While I write this, I am silently screaming/cringing/upset-at the fact that there is only one other review for this incredible album (aside from the fact that it was also her debut and won a Grammy) on this site. And it isn't a good one. Anybody with ears or a general sensibility for good music will understand what Shawn Colvin was going for, and yes, I can definitely hear in certain regards how it has aged in the 32-year interim ... but this is part of its appeal and overall approach. Helmed ... read more

What I find so inventive and original here is *not* the fact that Mark Hollis and co. took a dramatic creative turn at the peak of their career, but rather that they did so in a brazen enough way that it caused executives at EMI to cry upon hearing it. Whether or not this was taken well or badly by those in charge, the album has taken its good old time to build up to "masterpiece status." Where I personally stand is obviously at an intersection of true artistic merit and how it is ... read more

The album that got me “into” Fiona since it was the collection of tracks that had me most taken by everything she had to offer musically, and this is still the case. Other than Tidal and FTBC it’s her absolute best work.

1 On the Bound - 8.8
2 To Your Love - 8.5
3 Limp - 9.5
4 Love Ridden - 8.7
5 Paper Bag - 9.0
6 A Mistake - 7.9
7 Fast As You Can - 9.1
8 The Way Things Are - 9.3
9 Get Gone - 9.7
10 I Know - 8.0